Operation Mongoose:

Government Corruption and the CIA

George H. W. Bush was a CIA operative involved in Operation Mongoose during the
Kennedy Administration. i The Zapata Corporation—the Bush oil company—was a key player in
the CIA’s mission to spark anti-communist revolutions in Latin America.ii With that being one of
its goals, it was only fitting that the company should be named after the Mexican revolutionary
Zapata. In fact, the involvement of Bush and his oil company in the Bay of Pigs invasion was so
great that it was appropriate for the CIA’s official name for the invasion to be “Operation Zapata.”
The crazy conspiracy theory that 9/11 was an “inside job” seems to have some credibility
since George H. W. Bush was involved in project Northwoods, one of the objectives of which
was to stage terrorists attacks (including hijackings) in order to justify the United States going to
war.iii Doesn’t it seem a little suspicious that a terrorist attack just happened to occur while his
son was president, and that that same terrorist attack was used to justify us going to war with
people that he happened to have some beef with from back in the day? Bush may claim that he
had no involvement with the Soviet War in Afghanistan, but his word is not trustworthy. After
all, he says he had no involvement with Operation Mongoose, Operation Northwoods, and
Operation Zapata, but declassified government documents provide sufficient evidence for one to
conclude otherwise. The political domination of Afghanistan by America was a major goal of
both Bush Administrations.

Operation Mongooseiv & Operation Northwoodsv

According to official government documents which have been declassified and released
to the American public, Operation Mongoose or the “Cuba Project” was an attempt (under the
Kennedy Administration) of the CIA “to mount sabotage efforts” against the Cuban government
and “to develop new and imaginative approaches to the possibility of getting rid of the Castro
regime.”vi
Operation Northwoods was a subordinate effort under the Cuba Project that was directed
at providing a “justification for US military intervention in Cuba.” vii On March 13, 1962, the
Joint Chiefs of Staff drafted a document that laid out a plan for how Operation Northwoods
should be implemented. The document stated the following:

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And, again:

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The first suggestion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was to coax the Cubans into attacking the
United States by making them think that we were going to invade Cuba:

The document of the Joint Chiefs of Staff goes on to say that if the Cubans will not attack
the United States first, then the CIA should stage terrorist attacks and blame the Cuban
government for them:
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Other suggestions under Operation Northwoods were to “blow up a US ship in

Guantanamo Bay and blame Cuba” xii and to “blow up a drone (unmanned) vessel anywhere in
the Cuban waters” and use the media to help deceive the American people. xiii
The proposals of the Joint Chiefs of Staff regarding Operation Northwoods even go so far
as staging terrorist attacks and blaming the Cubans:

xiv

Among the proposals is staging hijackings and blaming America’s enemies:

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George H. W. Bush had an extensive career in the CIA and was Director of Central Intelligence from January 30,
1976 to January 20, 1977
ii
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bush_Sr_tip_on_JFK_1963.jpg &
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bush_Sr,_JFK_-_J_Edgar_Hoover_memo_2.jpg
iii
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bush_Sr,_JFK_-_J_Edgar_Hoover_memo_2.jpg
iv
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/cuba_mis_cri/620119%20Meeting%20with%20the%20Attorney%20Gen..pdf
& http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/cuba_mis_cri/621004%20Minutes%20of%20Meeting%20of%20Special.pdf
v
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/news/20010430/doc1.pdf
vi
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/cuba_mis_cri/621004%20Minutes%20of%20Meeting%20of%20Special.pdf
vii
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/news/20010430/doc1.pdf
viii
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/news/20010430/doc1.pdf
ix
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/news/20010430/doc1.pdf
x
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/news/20010430/doc1.pdf
xi
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/news/20010430/doc1.pdf
xii
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/news/20010430/doc1.pdf
xiii
The official document states: “Casualty lists in the US newspapers would cause a helpful wave of national
indignation.”(http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/news/20010430/doc1.pdf)
xiv
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/news/20010430/doc1.pdf
xv
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/news/20010430/doc1.pdf